Mantra 3

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दृढो दृंहस्थिरो न्यो ब्रह्म विश्वसृजो दश । नाभिमिव सर्वतश्चक्रमुच्छिष्टे देवताः श्रिताः

IAST Transliteration

dṛḍhó dṛṃhá sthiró nyò bráhma viśvasṛ́jo dáśa | nā́bhim iva sárvataś cakrám ucchíṣṭe devátāḥ śritā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Firm, strengthening, stable, well-grounded is the Brahman—(with) the ten world-creators. Like a wheel on every side about its navel, in the Remnant the deities rest supported.

Translation

ଦୃଢ଼, ଦୃଂହକ (ବଳବର୍ଧକ), ସ୍ଥିର, ସୁସ୍ଥାପିତ ହେଉଛି ବ୍ରହ୍ମ—ଦଶ ବିଶ୍ୱସୃଜଙ୍କ ସହ। ନାଭିକୁ ଘେରି ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗରେ ଚକ୍ର ଯେପରି, ସେପରି ଉଚ୍ଛିଷ୍ଟରେ ଦେବତାମାନେ ଆଶ୍ରୟ ନେଇ ସ୍ଥିତ।

Word by Word

• दृढः: firm, strong
• दृढः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य) / Adhikaraṇa (वर्णनात्मक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक) < √दृंह् (दृंहते ‘दृढीकरोति/बलयति’)

• दृंहः: strengthening, robust
• दृंहः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / Adhikaraṇa (वर्णनात्मक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृंह (प्रातिपदिक) < √दृंह्

• स्थिरः: steady, stable
• स्थिरः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / Adhikaraṇa (वर्णनात्मक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)

• न्यः: set down/placed within; low-lying (epithet)
• न्यः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / Adhikaraṇa (वर्णनात्मक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘नीच/अधः/अन्तःस्थित’ इत्यर्थे) अथवा ‘न्य’ इति वैदिक-विशेषण

• ब्रह्म: sacred power; holy utterance; Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वसृजः: creator of all; world-creating
• विश्वसृजः: Kartā (ब्रह्मणः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: विश्वसृज् (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + √सृज् ‘सृजति’)

• दश: ten
• दश: Adhikaraṇa (गणनात्मक-विशेषण) / Kartā-विशेषण
• Type: Numeral (Adjective)
• Root: दशन्/दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)

• नाभिम्: navel; hub
• नाभिम्: Upamāna (उपमान-रूपेण) / Karma (इव-योगे उपमेयस्य तुलनार्थम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: (उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सर्वतः: from all sides; everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikaraṇa (देश/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (सर्व + तस्)

• चक्रम्: wheel; circle
• चक्रम्: Karma (उपमेय/उपमान-रचना में ‘नाभिमिव … चक्रम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छिष्टे: in the remainder; in the leavings (ucchiṣṭa)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa (आश्रय/स्थान) — ‘उच्छिष्टे … श्रिताः’
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवताः: deities, divine powers
• देवताः: Kartā (श्रिताः इत्यस्य कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रिताः: resting on; resorted to; supported
• श्रिताः: (क्रियापद-समतुल्य) — ‘resting/depending’
• Type: Verb (Participial) / Adjective
• Root: √श्रि (श्रयति) → श्रित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa/Brahman as foundational support; ‘all deities’ as dependents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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